Wardrobe or show-case.



I'No. 760,727. f lPATENTBD MAY`24, 1904.

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WARDROBE 0R SHOW CASE.

APPLICATION FILED IBB.M18. 1904.

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The present improvement will be found- Patented Mey 24, 1904.

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l snrMoUR w.- BoNsALL, loF NEwYonK, N. Y.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of` Lettere Patent No. 760,727, dated May 24, 1964.

l'ipplication filed February 18, 1904. Serial No. 194,306. (No modeld 110v al w'ltom, t Jil/wy concern: l Be it known that I, SEYMOUR W. ,BoNsALn a citizen ofthe UnitedStates, residing in the city, county, and `State of New York, have invented a certainnew and useful Improvement following is a specification. l

This improvement has particular relation to means whereby certain forms of closets,

in Wardrobes or Show-Gases., of which the wardrobes, and show-cases are made conven-l ient and available for the suspension therein of various articles, Such as garments andthe like, while permitting easy access and full inspection of the garments or other articles,l

.which `would otherwise notz be possible.

yThe improvement is applicable in some of its formstouseinwardrobe-trunks. Y, This improvementis particularly useful in Inakingconvenient and available for thesuspension of garments those spaces which would otherwise be so low as to beunsuited to this purpose. here a closet is so low that a man, for woman is obliged to lean over in order tov ylookinto it, it isnot convenient for the sus- '.pension of garments and the like on account of the diiculty i'n picking out the particular ln my United States Patent No.` 642,075 I have shown a device applicable to anycloset which permits the clothing-tobe drawn forward into sight when anyparticular Agarment is desired and also facilitates the hanging up and inclosing of garments inamanner to preserve the desired folds and prevent mussing. This device is particularly suitable to deep and narrow closets for wardrobes, but is not so useful in connectionwith wide and shallow particularly advantageous in those spaces which are otherwise to'o low for -convenient of the device described in 4my aforesaid L etfl suspension of the garments and are too shallow and wide to developtlie full convenience combined with a sideboardl or bureau with or Without a mirror above the space in question, and hitherto such spaces have not been capaf ble of employment for hanging garments conveniently. l Y

The present improvement is applicable not only ingthe particular cases above set out, but

in many other localities where other forms of suspending means are not convenient.

In two other-applications for patent filed concurrentlyfhereWith'I have described .a tilting or rocking support for garments whereby f "they can-beveasily drawn forward into View,4 whichdevices are suitable for use with forms of hangers which accommodate themselvesto angularv changes in theposition of the supporting means. YMy present invention ,is

adaptedfor u se with those yformsof hanger which do not thus accommodate themselves,

but'are best used in such a manner as to preserve substantially the same 'angle with the horizontal at all times..

. A'preferred form of my present invention is shownin the accompanying drawings, where- -1 in- Y 4 ligure 1 is a perspective view of a wardrobe opened so as to show` the arrangementA of my apparatus within it, and Fig. 2 Iis a l' vertical median sectionv of thesame with the door removed.

` i Any convenient form of wardrobe or closet is shown at l, the same beingpreferably provided with any desired form of door or doors 2. Within this wardrobe there is mounteda support of trousers or the like andy are constructed in accordance with the description in my United States patent for garment-hangers, No. 724,427. These hangers comprise securing-bars 5, Apivoted to clamps 6, which are in the drawings which are intended for the for the purposes of this invention.

supporting each side of the hanger-support 4,

v,stop 13, so that further movement forward is prevented. By making the standards 8 and 30V removably supported and are capable of moving on the slide 7, fixed to the hanger-support 4. It is obvious that it would not be Aconvenient to arrange hangers of this description on a rocking support which when operated acted to bring the bars 5 out of the horizontal. It is also clear that in order to .best accomplish the ends of this invention it is desirable to place the bars 5 as far forward as possible and that in this position Ithe weightA of the trousers would tend to jam a sliding support of any kind. The objection last noted is not found in the construction which I have adopted This construction involves two separate standards for which standards, as shown at 8 and 9, are pivoted to thehanger-support at theirupper ends and` to appropriate fixtures 10 and 11 at their lower ends. This arrangement preserves the horizontal Vposition of the hanger-support 4 whatever its location within or outside of the wardrobeQ As shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, the hanger-support is sustained in its extreme inward position, by resting against the back ofthe wardrobe. In its yforward position a projection 12 comes in contact with a fixed 9 sufliciently long. 4the vertical movement of the `hanger-support can be made as small as desired, and the effort` necessary for moving this support in and out can be thus reduced. This device is particularly suitable to those closets or wardrobes which are not much more than deep enough to accommodate the width of the clothing andare at the same time wide enough to permit a large number .of garments to be ,placed flat the one next the other. In any form of closet, however,A and whatever the form ofhangers used this device will belmost useful when for any reason it is not convenient to enter or look into the space where the garments are hung. In such a case access is very easily had to all the, garments at once by use of the deviceabove described. All that is necessary is todraw the hanger-r support forward into the position shown, so that the garments are brought forward of the closet-doorway where they may be easily separated and distinguished.

'While various formsl of hanger-support are within the scope of this invention, I prefer the form shown, in which the two side pieces 3 fit within the sides of the closet and are fixed at right angles to the two ends of the back piece4, which carries the hangers. 'I` he standards 8 and 9 are then pivoted to these side pieces, as shown in the drawings, and the back piece being fastened to the hangers directly it is possible to push said hangers back farther into the closet than if they were secured farther forward on the hanger-support.

A variety of changes may be made in th's invention without departing from its spirit and scope, and I ain not to be understood as limiting myself to thc details herein shown and described.

What I claim is- 1. In a device of theclass described, a receptacle, a pair of` pivoted standards placed on each side thereof, a hanger-support pivoted to, and supported between said pairs of standards and extending at right angles to the planes in which said standards move, hangers extendingl horizontally forward from the front of said hanger-support, and a stop for limiting forward movement of said hangers when brought into view in front of the receptacle; substantially as described.

2. Inadevice of the class described, a receptacle, a hanger-support within the same extending from sideto side of the receptacle and comprising side pieces and a back piece fixed at right ,angles between them, a pair of tilting standards pivoted to each of said side pieces, each standard being` also pivoted at its lower end within said receptacle, sliding` hangers mounted on said hanger-support so as to extend forward horizontally, and a stop to limit the forward movement of the hangers when brought. into View outside of the receptacle; substantially as described.

SEYMOUR W. BONSALL. Witnesses:

I-I. S. MACK/ire, FLORENCE PICK. 

